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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 2 Send Message	Glenn	Report	19 Jul 2005 00:28
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 2 Send Message	I am looking for any information on Edward William Smithers who was killed in action in 1915 (ww1), I on a motor torpedo boat. He was married to Olive. He was my Grandfather on my Fathers side. Sadly my Father never knew him as he was a baby in 1915 and I know little about him. I believe he came from Crowthorne or Reading area's of Berkshire. I am trying to piece together any family connections on my fathers side, he had no brothers or sisters.
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1 Send Message	Kathryn	Report	21 Nov 2007 11:19
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1 Send Message	Hi Glenn, I am the granddaughter of Walter Charles Smithers, and he is the Brother of Edward William who was lost in the war. I do know that his torpedo boat was no12. And he was lost off the East Coast on a Thursday.He lived a wykeham road, Earley rise,Reading as a child. Would love to make contact. Kate.